Combined drawers and petticoat.



No. 773,117. 'PATENTED 001". 25, 1904.

- M. M. BUTLER.

v COMBINED DRAWERS AND PBTTIGOAT.

APPLI OATJON FILED JUNE 22,-1904. N0 MODEL.

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, UNITED STATES A Patented October 25, 1904.

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MINNIE MANNING BUTLER, or SA ANNAH, GEOR IA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO M. W. MUNFORD, OF HAWKINsVILL GEORGIA.

COMBINED DRAWERS AND PETTICOAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,117, d t ea October 25, 19041 Application filed June 22,1904. Serial No. 213,694. (Holinodelf) Be it known that I, MINNIE MANNING LER, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Savannah, in the county of Ohatham and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Drawers and Circular Petticoat; and I do'declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates tonew and useful improvements in combination drawers and circular petticoat; and the object of the invention is to produce asimple and efficient undergarment, combining in one article garments which are usually made separate and affording an article of wear which need not be unfastened excepting when it is desired to remove the garment.

The invention consists, further, in 'a combination undergarment having a peculiar construction, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

1 illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference markedthereon, form a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved combination drawers and circular pettieoat. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view through the garment, and Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the crotch of the garment.

Reference now being bad to the details of the d rawings by letter, A designates the yoke which forms the waistband and is made so that the meeting ends thereof will come together at the side of the person instead of the back or front, and B designates a single piece ,of goods, to the upper edge of which said yokeis sewed and forming one half of the surrounding skirt or petticoat portion of the garment, while It designates a similar piece forming the other half, the two seams being designated by letters C and C, respectively. To the inclined edges of the pieces B and B, which are adjacent to each other, are stitched the outer edges of the gores D and D, re-

spectively, and the inner edges of the two gores D and D are stitched together along the median line, as at E. Two other gores (designated in the drawings by letters F and F) are stitched together by the row 0" stitching designated by letter'G, and the outer forded which is combined with a pair of drawers,-which may be applied as one garment, and having the skirt effect as well as the closed drawers. I

While I have shown and described a particular shape of combined petticoat and drawers as embodying my invention, it will be un-- derstood that I may vary theshape to adapt the garment for different conditions without in any way departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my, invention, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A garment comprising a yoke, two complemental skirt-sections stitched together'at locations diametrically opposite at the front and rear of the garment, gores stitched together along their meeting edges by a continuation of said seam holding the skirt-sections together. the inclined edges of said gores being stitched to inclined edges of the skirt-sections, the adjacent contracted ends of the gores being stitche'd together, the edges of said gores, Intermediate iillOlI" incllned and contracted edges being connected and continuous with the lower edges of said skirt-sections, respectively, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto'aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MINNIE MANNING BUTLER. Witnesses:

SAVAGE II. LYNAII, G so. 0. IIEYWARI), Jr. 

